FORWARDING AND TRANSPORT SHIPMENT CHARGE CALCULATION MESSAGE MESSAGE

This message is available for formal trial in the present version for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval by the UN/ECE/TRADE/WP.4.

Organisations are invited to trial this message and are requested to notify their Rapporteur Team Secretariat of their intention. Comments on the results from the trial should also be forwarded to the Secretariat as soon as they are available. Based on the results of the trials, a UNSM will be issued.

It should be noted that this material is contained in a Trial Directory; however, it may differ from that in the UN Directories (UNTDID) having the same identfying tags. Any differences will be reconciled prior to the message becoming a UNSM.

This specification provides the definition of the International Forwarding and Transport Shipment Charge Calculation Message (IFTCCA) to be used in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) between partners involved in Administration, Commerce and Transport.

to request the charge calculation of a specific shipment at a specific date. Certain specific criteria such as type of rate desired, number of packages/units, weights or volumes and dimensions can be provided to facilitate such calculation.

to answer to such a request furnishing the transport charges calculated in accordance with the calculation criteria provided.